Fuju-Fuse

The Fuju - Fuse (Japanese不受 不 施) is the designation for a sub-grouping in Nichiren Buddhism (Originally the Nichiren shū attributed ). Fuju fuse means " no give, no take ", and refers to the sometimes ambiguous relationship between Nichiren Buddhists and the Japanese government.

Many Nichiren temple refused to join in the prescribed prayers for the welfare of the state throughout its history. Under the Ashikaga shogunate (1338-1573) Nichiren Buddhists was granted to the year 1595 a certain exception, and in accordance with the Fuju fuse principle, they support the state neither mentally nor administratively (temple in Japan for centuries were entrusted with administrative tasks ) and learned their part no support from the state. Again and again, however, some Nichiren priests were persecuted for their attitude towards the government or the shogunate.

At the beginning of the Edo period (1603-1868) were changing political circumstances and the pressure from government agencies increased. Parts of the Nichiren temple gave in to this pressure, others like Nichiō, chief priest of the temple Myōkaku -ji in Kyoto, remained adamant in their stance. Then the Fuju fuse School in 1669 was banned. Temple, or their followers, who had clung to the Fuju fuse principle expected in the following period with banishment and even execution.

Was not until the Meiji Restoration in 1878, the Nichiren Buddhists who followed the Fuju fuse principle could fully committed in public again to their faith. The Fuju fuse is divided here into two main directions:

• Fuju fuse Nichiren Komon - Shuu (不受 不 施 日 莲 讲 门 宗)
• Nichiren shū Fuju - Fuse -ha (日 莲宗 不受 不 施 派)